Membership Highlights

Refer Others and Win Cash and Prizes

Refer other civil engineering students for ASCE student membership, and you will be entered into drawings to win prizes. The top student recruiters at the end of the drive can win prizes plus $500 in cash. It's easy to refer other students.

Renew Your Membership Online

Student Members are not required to pay national dues, but you must renew your membership every year. Renew online today.

Don't Forget to Tell Us Your New Address

We can't keep you updated on ASCE student news if we don't know where you are. Change your address online and stay up to speed.

Participate in ASCE's 2005 Report Card for America's Infrastructure

Register your concerns about infrastructure needs in your local area through a quick online survey currently available on ASCE's Web site www.asce.org Results from the survey will be used in the release of the 2005 Report Card on March 9, 2005. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns by contacting us at govwash@asce.org or call (202) 204-2500.

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Download your free copy of "21 Ways to Jumpstart Your Career".

Are you getting paid what you're worth? Find out with ASCE's Salary Survey.

Conferences and Competitions

CI to go Coastal in January

The Construction Institute (CI) is going coast-to-coast this January, hosting regional seminars in Los Angeles and New York City. Mega Projects of Southern California will be held on Friday, Jan. 21, 2005 at The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. Mega Projects of the East Coast will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005 at The Hilton New York. Each event features several high-profile "mega projects," including the East Side Light Rail Project, the Olivenhaim Dam, the Retrofit of the BART Sunken Tube in the Southern California area, the Hearst Tower, Victory Bridge Replacement and Section 2 of City Water Tunnel No.3 in the New York City area. The program also features a session on Best Practices in Construction Industry Training by a representative of FMI Corporation.

The seminars begin at 7:00 am with a continental breakfast and conclude at 12:30 pm. Attendees will also receive a mid-morning coffee break, a binder of presentation material and a PDH certificate. Registration is $35 for students and forms are available online and may be faxed or mailed if postmarked by Dec. 31. On-site registration will be offered for an additional $25 fee, if space allows. Attendance is limited so register early!

For additional information, please contact the CI office at (703) 295-6390 or ci@asce.org.

EWRI 2005 Congress Student Competitions

In conjunction with the 2005 Congress to be held in Anchorage, Alaska May 15-19, 2005, the Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) is offering three student competition opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in the field of civil engineering. These competitions are the Parsons Brinckerhoff Student Design Competition (undergraduate), the Student Paper Competition (undergraduate and graduate categories) and the Student Photography Contest (student and Younger Member chapters). For additional information and submission requirements, please visit http://www.asce.org/conferences/ewri2005/.

Career & Scholarships

ASCE Career Connections Offers an Internship/Co-op Guide

Students have access to leading engineering firms and career resources at Career Connections, ASCE's online job bank and resume service. This site connects employers with job seekers, offering real-time job postings, online tracking, a searchable resume database, online applying and e-mail notifications of new postings. ASCE has added an internship/co-op guide Web site that can help you find the perfect position. ASCE has gathered the most sought-after internships and co-ops and placed them on one collaborative Web site for your convenience. We have listings from over 30 companies, including Kellogg Brown & Root, Washington Group International and Bechtel. Let ASCE start your career off in the right direction -- go to www.asce.org/careers for more information.

Attention Individuals Interested in Documenting Historical Sites

The Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic Landscapes Survey (HABS/HAER/HALS), a division of the National Park Service, seeks applications from qualified individuals for summer employment documenting historic sites and structures throughout the country. The Division is requesting applications for two different programs: Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship 2005 and Sally Kress Tompkins Maritime Internship 2005. Duties will involve on-site fieldwork and preparation of historical reports or measured and interpretive drawings for the HABS/HAER/HALS collection. Project duration is twelve weeks beginning in May. Applications must be postmarked by Feb. 14, 2005.

For detailed information or to download application forms for the Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship, visit: http://www.cr.nps.gov/habshaer/joco/sktf.htm.

For detailed information or to download application forms for the Sally Kress Tompkins Maritime Internship, visit: http://www.cr.nps.gov/habshaer/joco/kress.htm.

For detailed information on how to get your career off in the right direction, visit: www.asce.org/careers.

Student Society of Architectural Engineers (SSAE) at Penn State University has a Few Helpful Hints

At Penn State, we try our best to evenly distribute our efforts between serving our major and profession, serving our community and promoting friendship and fun beyond the classroom. Our recent activities include: making a presentation for our College of Engineering's Major Night, hosting an Architectural Engineers Career Fair resume/interviewing skills workshop, raising money for the Four Diamonds Fund to aid the fight against childhood cancer by taking a canning road trip, hosting a broomball game versus a chapter of the Alpha Rho Chi professional Architecture fraternity and hosting AE Tailgate parties. To learn more about the Penn State Student Chapter or pick up some helpful hints on Chapter promotion, visit http://www.arche.psu.edu/ssae/.





ASCE Services Spotlight

Bridges 2005 Calendar Sports New Design

ASCE continues to celebrate the bridges of the world through the stunning images of the Bridges 2005 Calendar. This year's sampling of bridges includes some of the most intriguing spans in terms of aesthetics. The bridges range from the enduring Ponte di Rialto in Venice, Italy, to the elegant Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge in Boston--named by ASCE as the winner of its 2004 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award. View each month's featured bridge.

New Larger Format - Enhanced Design. The Bridges 2005 Calendar will be 24" tall x 14" wide when fully displayed, and will sport a twin-loop binding for a professional look. Calendars are available now. Order your copies today.

MBNA Credit Card

The Platinum Plus, Gold and Preferred MasterCards have no annual fee and offer a higher credit line, travel related insurance coverage and more. Click here to apply.

New! The 2004 ASCE Holiday Ornament

ASCE has just unveiled the new 2004 holiday ornament. This beautiful, three-dimensional piece features the city of Baltimore accompanied by the ASCE logo and is engraved in gold with blue and green tones. The ASCE Gift Store is accepting orders for the ornament for $14.95.

The Gift Store is offering a special package so you can complete your ASCE ornament collection. The 2002, 2003 and 2004 holiday ornaments are available together for $30 ($44.85 value if purchased separately).

The ASCE ornaments are produced by the same company that makes the White House holiday ornaments, ensuring a lasting, high-quality piece. Supplies are limited.

Go to www.asce.org/giftstore, call (800) 548-2723 ext. 6226 or (703) 295-6226, fax (703) 295-6333 or e-mail dlewis@asce.org to order yours today!

2004 Holiday Ornament

2003 & 2002 Holiday Ornament

Around the World

Youth and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation

This report was inspired by a meeting in April 2004 with Professor Jeffrey Sachs at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UN CSD) focusing on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). At the meeting, the chair of the UN CSD Youth Caucus asked him how the Millennium Project was going to involve young people as partners. He replied, "You tell us."

As a result of this invitation, an international team of youth experts from various non-governmental organizations worked together to formulate this report. It is the result of hours of research, input based on the experience and expertise of taskforce members, consultation with other organizations and a three-week online consultation with over 350 youth from around the world.

To view a copy of the report, click here.

University of Miami Students Working on Sustainable Housing Design for Hot and Humid Climates

A group of architectural engineering students from the University of Miami have been selected to U.S. EPA's 2004 nationwide student design competition focusing on the three components of sustainability: people, prosperity and the planet (P3). In this project, the design team will work with faculty advisors to design a model house to ensure occupant's health, sustainability and reduction of the impact of building materials on local and global environments. For more information, visit http://es.epa.gov/ncer/p3/index.html.